Dark Fantasy Paladin

Dark Fantasy Paladin Chapter 18

Episode 18

Tegain opened the door to the office.

“I meet the saint.”

There was Yuriel.

“long time no see. Even though I thought it was rude, I came here so unexpectedly. “Please understand.”

As she lowered her head slightly, a few strands of platinum blonde hair fell down her pure white neckline.

Tegain smiled, looking somewhat satisfied.

“I never mind. More than that, you grew up really beautifully. This Tegain is a lady… no. It seems like only yesterday that I saw the saint, but now that she has become such a beautiful lady, I feel the passage of time. I have aged a lot over the years. haha!”

He slowly shook his head as if it wasn’t Yuriel.

“I still remember seeing you at the Marquis when I was an officer. The Archbishop is as dignified as ever. “In fact, you’ve gotten younger?”

Tegain chuckled and waved his hand as if to dissuade the compliment.

“I’m just grateful that you remember me. It must have been about ten years. I should have come to see you after the investiture ceremony, but I made excuses for various reasons, so I can’t see you now. Please forgive me.”

Yuriel drew a mischievous smile.

“is it so. Why don’t you come visit me? “The only person I know in the Holy Kingdom is the Archbishop, but you made me feel lonely.”

“Oh my! “He still pokes and prods me under the guise of joking.”

“I can’t believe it’s ice. “It’s a joke.”

After saying that, Uriel looked at Aiden with a faint arc.

“But I sincerely want to say that the Holy Knight over there was a bit mean.”

Tegain noticed and took a step out the door.

“Haha, I don’t know, but I guess I have something to say. Please have a conversation. “I’m going to run some errands.”

“It’s not just that you came unexpectedly, how can you cause such a nuisance? “My office…”

Iden cut her off.

“I’m sorry, saint. “Can I ask you a favor here?”

Tegain looked at Yuriel and nodded. It seems like that’s the way to go.

“I too have just been rejected by that friend, so I understand how you feel. Isn’t this a very busy time? Especially when it comes to Lord Iden. “Don’t worry about me, just talk comfortably.”

Tegain bowed his head once and walked out the door. Aiden was very satisfied with the archbishop’s kindness.

When that happened, Uriel also gave up and sat down with Aiden.

“It’s really hard to have a conversation with Sir.”

“Forgive me. There have been many examples in the past.”

At the first meeting, I just said what I had to say and left, and at the investiture ceremony, I left after receiving blessings.

I couldn’t deny the fact that it was against etiquette as I had ignored the letters that had been sent to me several times.

“no. Sir, there must have been circumstances. I don’t know, but he always seemed busy as if he was being chased by something. “It’s just”

A strange look seeped into Yuriel’s pupils. Aiden swallowed his resolve.

“I couldn’t shake the feeling that the Lord was reluctant or uncomfortable with me. “If it is purely my imagination, I am truly sorry.”

Even if I lied, it would have had the opposite effect. The saint’s eyes could see through her psychology, so it was better to tell the truth.

“You don’t need to apologize.”

“······That means.”

“Yes, sorry.”

A feeling of loneliness passed over Yuriel’s expression. It was a familiar thing. Appearance, lineage, family ability. Envy and jealousy always followed her as she was born with everything, so she had a tolerance for the hatred of others.

What was different from usual was that

most people who hated Uriel never showed their feelings outwardly. They treated Uriel wearing a mask, and it was the same for Uriel.

However, Iden was different. He was the first person to tell you to your face that you were uncomfortable.

“Can I ask why?”

As Iden, I can’t say that I know your mind.

This was consistent with the reason why it was impossible to directly comment on future developments or fates to people in the world due to Iden’s prohibition.

For example, why they couldn’t tell Tegain that the demon the Demon Cult was trying to summon was Marticoras.

This was also the reason why I couldn’t tell Daryl a specific way to wash away the devil’s blood.

If there was no ban, it would have been much easier to proceed.

In the end, Iden had to gain the trust of others and tell them to trust and follow him.

“There is no particular reason.”

lie. However, Yuriel did not ask any more questions. I can’t force you to tell the truth. At this point, Yuriel was keeping his powers well hidden. If the mind’s eye is revealed to the public, no one will want to talk to Uriel. Yuriel knew that well.

“······It must be really painful to be with an uncomfortable person. sorry.”

“There is nothing to be distressed about. “It’s not that I hate the saint.”

truth. Yuriel looked quite embarrassed. If it’s not because you don’t like it and it’s uncomfortable, then what on earth is the reason? I looked at Iden, wondering if that was true, but I couldn’t find any sign of liking for the opposite sex in his eyes.

Yuriel was silent for a moment because he was ashamed of himself for having had such doubts even for a moment.

“Have you finished what you wanted to say?”

“Oh no. There was a question I wanted to ask…”

Iden looked at Uriel, who was rambling, with a slightly strange expression.

“The saint’s complexion is not very good. “If it’s not urgent, you can do it next time.”

Yuriel shook his head left and right. He took a deep breath and soon returned to his calm self.

I looked at Iden with a serious expression.

“Lord Iden, do you serve the sun god Bacheksar?”

It has come. Aiden answered immediately without any hesitation.

“I do not serve.”

Yuriel’s face froze. Paladin Iden has no faith. One of several hypotheses was confirmed.

“Oh no. How could that…”

“There is no particular reason.”

lie.

Yuriel felt like his mind had hardened. I organized the questions, but when it came to reality, my brain overloaded.

A lot of the common sense she believed in was violated.

Yuriel barely opened his mouth.

“The Lord clearly said that he would spread God’s teachings to me.”

It was the only true answer Iden gave at the investiture ceremony.

“Bacheksar’s teachings are correct. He told us to avoid evil, help the weak, and do good. I believe that everyone should follow that will.”

“Then isn’t it right to serve? While spreading the teachings of God, their true nature is unclean. “That in itself is illogical.”

Iden shook his head.

“It’s not illogical. Have you ever believed that the values left behind by famous philosophers or great people were correct? “Even if someone else’s teachings are applied to doing the good I believe in, the subject is only me.”

“To put it bluntly, Sir, Bacheksar is also nothing more than a philosopher or a great man. Am I understanding correctly?”

Iden nodded.

“you’re right. The church believes that Bacheksar is an omnipotent and fair god. “Of course the saint would think so.”

“Yes. “All citizens of the empire will take it for granted.”

“But the main premise falls apart from the beginning. Since God is omniscient, why is this world full of suffering? Try going out into the outskirts. Village units have been reduced to human farms and are groaning in pain. “Is God, who knows all this, condoning this?”

“How can we, mere creatures, know God’s will?”

“I thought you would say that. “I just wonder where such blind faith comes from.”

“Priest Valkyrie, Saint, Holy Knight. Don’t all of these work miracles? Except for the sutras, most people create miracles by building up faith. “It is faith in Bacheksar.”

“Tribes who believe in warrior gods have bodies that surpass humans. A group that worships a great sage creates an aberration equivalent to divine power. A race that considers the sea to be the source of all things creates tsunamis and communicates with fish. Now, the beings they believe in also bring miracles. Do you recognize him as God?”

As there are many religions in this world, the gods people believe in are also diverse.

Most of them believe that the being they worship is omnipotent and fair.

However, the gods call different values fundamental and spread them. In the extreme, the god of warriors said that only martial arts is the source, and the great sage propagated that only intelligence is correct.

It was said that no one can be omniscient. Then it wasn’t God.

That’s why humans bite and tear each other. Because each person had to prove that the being they believed in was God.

In normal cases, people who have been denied their faith tend to raise their voices or avoid conversation with the other person.

However, Yuriel had a somewhat calm expression on his face.

Iden knew very well why. This is because the opinions he expressed were difficult issues that Yuriel was secretly conflicting about.

‘Why does an omniscient and omnipotent God overlook such a terrible world?’

‘Is this really all an ordeal and is it because we lack faith?’

‘Then what does God really want?’

‘Why did he bestow such pure divine power and great authority on me who harbored such feelings?’

‘no. Let’s pray. Let us abandon our thoughts and always adore God.’

In Uriel’s eyes, it seemed as if Iden was facing such questions head-on.

Despite this, he did not lose his divine power. The church taught that God does not respond to those who do not have faith.

What kind of being is the paladin in front of me? A supernova that overcomes trials in two years. A paladin who turned the church upside down from his first mission. The judge chosen by Changyeom. A hero who defeated a demonic beast described in the Bible.

These things happened in just a few weeks.

No great hero in the Bible achieved such feats from the beginning.

Yuriel opened his mouth very cautiously.

“Is it true that you are carrying on all the will that Bacheksar preached?”

Otherwise he was not Bacheksar’s hero. The story he was writing could not be called a hero’s epic.

“Not at all. I deny everything except annihilation and altruism. The teaching to treat demi-humans as slaves is absolutely disgusting. “I move only by my own will.”

Yuriel’s pupils dilated.

Iden’s declaration is that

a person who does not serve God spreads God’s will and achieves impossible feats, so isn’t that an incarnation of Bacheksar?

And even the fleeting possibility that Yuriel had was covered up.

This is because Aiden was acting solely based on his own beliefs and iron principles.

What the mind’s eye judged to be true was only part of it.

What will the person who writes such a story be written about in the future?

Yuriel laughed as if he were empty.

“Then how on earth do you use Bacheksar’s power?”

The divine power emitted by Iden was clearly of the same origin as the power wielded by the Varanches cultists.

“I can’t tell you.”

Because there was a ban on it.

“However, we will soon resolve the many questions you have. “I will contact you separately, so please do not bring anyone with you and come to the location I will inform you of.”

Iden stood up.

“I really need to go. “It was a great time, Ms.

Iden left the office, but Uriel stayed there for a while.

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She did not move until Tegain returned.

“What about Aiden, why are you here all alone?”

“He jerked away first again.”

“Haha, this is true.”